ZIND-HUMBRECHT
Riesling Roche Calcaire
2016
- Organic
- Biodynamic
About this winery
Olivier Humbrecht is one of the world's most renowned winegrowers. He is a Master of Wine and has been described by Robert Parker as the greatest white winemaker on earth. Yet he is very soft spoken, humble, and self-deprecating, which makes him perfectly suited to his assumed role as a global ambassador of wine. He is a champion of terroir, biodynamic farming principles, and non-interventionist winemaking, whose family have been winegrowers in Alsace for 12 generations (since 1620). He is...
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Product notes
Bottling: 2/2018; Alcohol: 12.5 °alc; Residual sweetness: 5.0 g/l; Total Acidity 4.2 g/l H2SO4, pH: 3.1; Yields: 78 hl/ha; Optimum drinking period 2020-2031; Average age of vines: 42 years; Terroir: Limestone/calcareous/siliceous, facing East and South. Indice 1. Alsace has probably one of the most varied geology in the world, and that applies also to many different limestone formations. Both age (second era/Oolithic) and soil formation (marl calcareous for this wine) will help to distinguish subtle differences in the vineyards abut also in the wines. Mostly originating from the village of Gueberschwihr, these vineyards enjoy a normal/late ripening climate, enhanced by relatively deep soils, rich in clay, that tend to warm up slowly. One should never expect such vineyards to produce an easy early drinking style! The grapes were harvested late in 2016, at an ideal physiological ripeness, mostly because the increase in sugar was very slow. The fermentation took almost forever but the yeasts eventually did their work.